Description
The talking cure, otherwise known as analysis or therapy. Invented Vienna, c. 1886. Most celebrated exponents: Sigmund Freud, Jerry Springer. Favorite question: "Can you tell me a little more about that?" Diseases to which normally addressed: unhappiness, personal torment. Efficacy: contested. Effect on the written word: vast. This issue of Granta is devoted to the kinks and twists of the human mind, and their treatments.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
256 pages
Language
English
Published
Oct 5, 2000
Publisher
Granta
ISBN-10
0903141388
ISBN-13
9780903141383